VAT rate of 17.5% is payable on hammer price plus … Read more
Hong Kong, Victoria, unofficial "Pattern Dollars" (60), dated 1901, to a brilliant proof finish, struck in .925 silver (20), copper (20), and golden alloy (20) (a metal akin to goloid used in the manufacture of 19th Century US pattern coins), crowned and veiled old head left, by Donald R Golder after Thomas Brock, VICTORIA. DEI GRATIA. IND. IMP, rev. struck en medaille, large stylised 1 at centre, country above, date below, Chinese characters either side, within quatrefoil type elaborate design, edge plain, diameter 36mm., brilliant as struck (60)

Details
Hong Kong, Victoria, unofficial "Pattern Dollars" (60), dated 1901, to a brilliant proof finish, struck in .925 silver (20), copper (20), and golden alloy (20) (a metal akin to goloid used in the manufacture of 19th Century US pattern coins), crowned and veiled old head left, by Donald R Golder after Thomas Brock, VICTORIA. DEI GRATIA. IND. IMP, rev. struck en medaille, large stylised 1 at centre, country above, date below, Chinese characters either side, within quatrefoil type elaborate design, edge plain, diameter 36mm., brilliant as struck (60)
Special notice
VAT rate of 17.5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer’s premium.

Lot Essay

Total mintage was 360 of each of these three metals